Business Quest Worksheet
Unit
Details: Business Quest
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Key concept
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Related concept(s)
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Global context
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Communities
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Market and Trends
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Scientific and technical innovation
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Statement of inquiry
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Technical innovations are both a function and product of trends
in communities.
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Inquiry questions
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Factual — What
software tools and techniques have been for numeric analysis?
Conceptual — Can results of any market trends system be
influenced by the designer for their advantage?
Debatable — How reliable are the results of
market data in decision making?
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Work on the tasks in Pairs
Activity one
a)
Name the unique
digital technologies used by Ebay, Amazon, and Alibaba businesses?
What is common
and what is different?
b)
Who owns Alibaba
online business, and how did the IPO perform recently?
c)
Read the article
in the link below
https://www.verisigninc.com/en_GB/domain-names/online/initiate/web-tools/index.xhtml
and discuss the responses
i)
Which three tools
would you recommend for a small business in Mombasa and why?
ii)
Which two tools will
you not recommend for use in small business in Mombasa and Why?
d)
Read the article
in http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/22/magazine/ebays-strategy-for-taking-on-amazon.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
and answer
What is Ebay’s
strategy to take on Amazon?
Activity Two
a)
What is cloud
computing?
b)
What are some
main benefits of cloud computing? http://www.business.qld.gov.au/business/running/technology-for-business/cloud-computing-business/cloud-computing-benefits
c)
Watch the
Youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whkyRvugqlM
and distinguish between IAAS, SAAS, PAAS.
d)
What are the
common concerns of cloud computing? Use only the following links
http://www.infoworld.com/article/2652198/security/gartner--seven-cloud-computing-security-risks.html
e)
Which business
in Kenya offer cloud computing Services?
Would you recommend businesses
to use cloud computing services? Why?
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